Ferrel Guillory is the Director of the Program on Public Life, School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UNC Chapel Hill. The UNC Program on Public Life has just issued a report, “North Carolina’s Eastern Region: Through a Metropolitan Lens” (full text available: E NC Metro Lens). The paper gra … Read more

Will Lambe is the Director of the Community & Economic Development Program and the Community-Campus Partnership. The Community-Campus Partnership (CCP) has awarded a $9,400 grant to School of Education Professor Judith Meece to conduct an analysis of school drop-out events in Caswell County and … Read more

Kendra Cotton is a Project Director with the Community-Campus Partnership Program. On Thursday, July 7, approximately 30 campus and community stakeholders convened in Chapel Hill to discuss how to continue to work together in support of bettering communities in Caswell and Lenoir Counties. Four obje … Read more

Kendra Cotton is project director for the Community-Campus Partnership. The Community-Campus Partnership (CCP) is approaching the end of its second year. This post provides a brief summary of several ongoing projects in Lenoir and Caswell Counties. Kinston Promise Neighborhood Program: Kinston Promi … Read more

Andrew Guinn is a PhD student in the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning and a CCP intern. The School of Government’s Community and Economic Development Program is providing support to the Town of Chapel Hill during the preparatory stages of its comprehensive planning process. In an effort … Read more

Fredrick Davis is a CERC intern and recent graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill with a master’s degree from the Department of City and Regional Planning. On May 12th, the Development-Led Economic Development team wrapped three months of work with the City of Kinston. Under the direction of Thomas Stith, Prog … Read more

Anissa Vines is a professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and a CCP small grant recipient working in Caswell County. The Prostate Cancer Ambassadors for Caswell County Project had an eventful April!  The fifteen (15) Ambassadors, who completed two trainings at the start of the y … Read more

John Stephens is a School of Government faculty member. The following is taken from James Svara’s introduction to an International City/County Management Association (ICMA) survey regarding local government efforts to promote sustainability. The 2010 survey, the first of its kind, undertaken by ICMA … Read more

Vincent Monaco is a second-year graduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill pursuing degrees in the Kenan-Flagler Business School and the Department of City and Regional Planning. Under the leadership of Thomas Stith, Program Director at the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC-Chapel … Read more

Jonathan Morgan is a School of Government faculty member. Small communities can face numerous challenges in competing for new and expanding corporate facilities.  Many of them lack the sites and buildings, workforce skills, infrastructure, and financial resources required to be a viable location for … Read more